Maryland Route 292

Maryland Route 292 marker

Maryland Route 292

Maryland Route 292 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MDSHA
Length: 4.58 mi[1] (7.37 km)
Existed: 1927 – present
Major junctions
South end: MD 298 near Still Pond
  MD 566 at Still Pond
North end: Sassafras River in Betterton
Location
Counties: Kent
Highway system
← MD 291I-295 →

Maryland Route 292 (MD 292) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The state highway runs 4.58 miles (7.37 km) from MD 298 near Still Pond north to Betterton, which is located where the Sassafras River flows into the Chesapeake Bay in northern Kent County. MD 292 was constructed between what is now MD 213 and Betterton in the 1910s. The state highway's southern terminus was moved to MD 298 in the mid-1990s.

Route description

MD 292's northern terminus in Betterton.

MD 292 begins at an intersection with MD 298 (Lambs Meadow Road) south of the village of Still Pond. Still Pond Road continues south as a county highway that was once part of MD 292. MD 292 heads north through farmland to Still Pond, where the highway turns west at an intersection with MD 566 (Still Pond Harmony Road) and Main Street within the Still Pond Historic District. Between intersections with Bessicks Corner Road, which is unsigned MD 864, the old alignment of MD 292, and leads to the county highway of the same name, MD 292 curves to the north. The state highway intersects Still Pond Neck Road and Royal Swan Road, both former state highways, before reaching the town of Betterton. MD 292's name changes to Main Street, which intersects four former state highways within town: Howell Point Road, Wheeler Avenue, First Avenue, and Ericsson Avenue. Just north of Ericsson Avenue, the state highway makes a sharp turn to the east and reaches its northern terminus at a dead end adjacent to a county beach on the Sassafras River.[1][2]

History

Still Pond Road was constructed as a state-aid road in the 1910s. The highway was paved from Betterton south to Lambs Meadow Road, currently MD 298, by 1915.[3] Still Pond Road south of Lambs Meadow Road was paved by 1921; however, the paved highway followed Big Woods Road and Station Road north from what is now MD 213 to Still Pond Road.[4] By 1939, MD 292 was moved off of Big Woods Road and Station Road and onto Still Pond Road to its southern terminus.[5] The section of MD 292 between MD 213 and MD 298 was removed from the state highway system in 1995.[6]

Junction list

The entire route is in Kent County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Still Pond0.000.00 MD 298 (Lambs Meadow Road) / Still Pond Road south – Galena, Lynch, Chestertown, Rock HallSouthern terminus
0.931.50 MD 566 east (Still Pond Harmony Road) / Main Street north – GalenaMD 292 turns west at this intersection
Betterton4.587.37Road end at Sassafras RiverNorthern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Highway Information Services Division (December 31, 2013). Highway Location Reference. Maryland State Highway Administration. Retrieved 2010-10-10.
  2. ↑ Google (2010-10-10). "Maryland Route 292" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2010-10-10.
  3. ↑ Weller, O.E.; Parran, Thomas; Miller, W.B.; Perry, John M.; Ramsay, Andrew; Smith, J. Frank (May 1916). "Annual Reports of the State Roads Commission of Maryland" (1912–1915 ed.). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission. p. 124. Retrieved 2010-10-10.
  4. ↑ Maryland Geological Survey (1921). Map of Maryland: Showing State Road System and State Aid Roads (Map). Baltimore: Maryland Geological Survey.
  5. ↑ Maryland State Roads Commission (1939). General Highway Map: State of Maryland (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Roads Commission.
  6. ↑ Maryland State Highway Administration (1995). Maryland: Official Highway Map (Map). Baltimore: Maryland State Highway Administration.

External links

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